US20180346236A1 - Packaging for fruit and vegetable products treated with an antimicrobial solution - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
- B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
- B65D85/34—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for fruit, e.g. apples, oranges or tomatoes
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
- A01N25/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application, e.g. seed treatment or sequential application; Substances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
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- A01N25/04—Dispersions, emulsions, suspoemulsions, suspension concentrates or gels
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
- A01N25/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application, e.g. seed treatment or sequential application; Substances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
- A01N35/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. aldehyde radical
- A01N35/02—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. aldehyde radical containing aliphatically bound aldehyde or keto groups, or thio analogues thereof; Derivatives thereof, e.g. acetals
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23B—PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS
- A23B7/00—Preservation or chemical ripening of fruit or vegetables
- A23B7/14—Preserving or ripening with chemicals not covered by groups A23B7/08 or A23B7/10
- A23B7/153—Preserving or ripening with chemicals not covered by groups A23B7/08 or A23B7/10 in the form of liquids or solids
- A23B7/154—Organic compounds; Microorganisms; Enzymes
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- the present invention relates to a packaging for fruit and vegetable products treated with an antimicrobial solution.
- the present packing has been developed with reference to the sector of the logistics of easily perishable fruit and vegetable products.
- the invention is used mainly in the fruit and vegetable product food sector.
- microorganisms present on the surface of the fruit can contribute significantly to its degradation but also to its safety, if they are pathogenic microorganisms. In fact, more and more fresh fruit and vegetable products are implicated in food poisoning.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a packaging for fruit and vegetable products having characteristics such as to satisfy the above mentioned requirements and at the same time to overcome the drawbacks mentioned above with reference to the known technique.
- Another object is to provide an antimicrobial solution to delay alteration phenomena linked to the development of spoilage micoorganisms (molds, yeasts, bacteria, agents for rot) of fruit and vegetable products and a method for its application to a packaging.
- FIG. 1 shows two photos of a group of apples taken after 9 days at room temperature, in a traditional packaging (left) and in a packaging treated according to the present invention (right), respectively;
- FIG. 2 shows two photos of a group of peaches taken after 3 days at room temperature, in a traditional packaging (left) and in a packaging treated according to the present invention (right), respectively;
- FIG. 3 shows two photos of a group of strawberries taken after 1 day at room temperature, in a traditional packaging (left) and in a packaging treated according to the present invention (right), respectively.
- the transport packaging for fruit and vegetable products according to the present invention is supplemented, by spreading on its surface, with an antimicrobial solution which lasts on the packaging itself as long as packing, supplying and purchasing by consumers occur, so to reduce alteration phenomena linked to the development of spoilage microorganisms of the fruit and vegetable products contained in the packaging.
- these substances which are active against many food pathogenic microorganisms increase the safety of the packaged products, delaying the development of possible pathogenic microorganisms present on packaged fruit.
- the antimicrobial substances in object in addition to slow down the development of the microorganisms present on the packaged product, due to their gradual release over time, have also the function of reducing surface contamination of packaging themselves by wide-spread environmental microorganisms, both pathogens and spoilage agents, with consequent reduction of cross-contamination of the packaged product.
- the active substances contained in the antimicrobial solution and is which will be discussed in more detail below, slowly release in the packaging natural molecules that slow down the alteration process of the product contained therein, by inhibiting the decay processes, the colour degradation and the microbial proliferation.
- the antimicrobial solution is in liquid form and it is composed of water with specific active substances, reported below, diluted in ethanol or conveyed in propylene glycol and Tween 20 or homogenized, due to their lack of solubility in water.
- the ethanol solution with antimicrobial active substances is added to drinking water in quantities of 1 to 5%.
- the mixture is formed by: Citral, Hexanal and 2-(E)-Hexenal.
- the amount of used antimicrobial solution may vary depending on the needs, sizes, shapes,quantities and the type of product packaged inside the packaging, as well as the range of antimicrobial solution to be distributed is defined comprised between 7 and 50 ml per m 2 of surface packaging equivalent developed into a plane. The definition of such a quantity will involve different concentrations of the antimicrobial solution.
- the total concentration of the active substances of the antimicrobial solution is comprised between 420 and 107,000 mg/L, depending on the volume distributed on a packaging and of the desired concentration per m 2 of packaging.
- the total amount of active substances is usually comprised between 21 and 750 mg/m 2 , where m 2 is the surface of the packaging developed into a plane.
- Each of the active substances taken individually is distributed in a quantity comprised between 7 and 250 mg/m 2 , more preferably between 30 and 140 mg/m 2 , where m 2 is always the surface of the packaging developed into a plane.
- the total concentration of the active substances forming the antimicrobial solution will be dependent on the desired concentration on the packaging (21-750 mg/m 2 ) and the distributed volume of antimicrobial solution (7-50 ml/m 2 ).
- composition in terms of active substances and the concentration of each of them in the antimicrobial solution may vary depending on the type of the considered fruit or vegetable product and the ripening degree thereof.
- the antimicrobial solution is made with the active substance: Citral, Hexanal and 2-(E)-Hexenal, each active ingredient preferably having a concentration comprised between 30 and 140 mg/m 2 .
- Optimal amounts Optimal amounts for packaging for packaging for packaging format format format 60 ⁇ 40 ⁇ 10 cm 40 ⁇ 30 ⁇ 20 cm 50 ⁇ 30 ⁇ 16.7 cm (mg) (mg) (mg) Substance Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Citral 14.6 67.9 16.4 76.4 15.0 69.9 Hexanal 14.6 67.9 16.4 76.4 15.0 69.9 2-(E)- 14.6 67.9 16.4 76.4 15.0 69.9 Hexenal Total 43.7 203.7 49.1 229.3 44.9 209.6 concentra- tion mg
- the antimicrobial solution is deployed on the inside of the packaging just before the fruit and vegetable product to be contained is inserted in the latter.
- the activation times are strictly dependent on the concentration of the active substances and on the distribution dynamics of the active packaging and must be optimized case by case.
- the ways in which they are distributed can be of various types; by way of example they can occur by a roller, spray or brush, preferably spray on porous surfaces, such as those of the corrugated cardboard, wood or plastic.
- the application is done to the still empty packaging, in the case of wood, preferably after the latter has been assembled.
- the application can take place at different points of the distribution chain of the corrugated cardboard packaging: from the immediate production of the flat die-cutter to the box assembled immediately before product packaging.
- the latter arrive in the form of die-board cut by the packaging manufacturer to the manufacturer/packager of fruit and vegetable products.
- the latter loads the corrugated cardboard die-cut in a traditional editor machine, which through a jig, a plate which descends on the die-cut and the glue points provided by the system, mounts the case that forms the packaging.
- the latter comes out of the jig and passes through a conveyor in a tunnel in which the antimicrobial solution is sprayed, by spray-misting the same. Subsequently, the thus treated case is sent at the packaging line product.
- These antimicrobial solutions and distribution techniques thereof can also be applied for the surface sanitization of plastic packaging with folding sideboard.
- the transport packaging for fruit and vegetable products according to the present invention allows to meet the needs and to overcome the drawbacks described in the introductive part of the present description with reference to the background art.
- the thus treated packaging allows to slow down the alteration process of the vegetables contained therein, so as to consequently increase the shelf life of the products themselves, so as to be able to distribute products, compared to the packaging without treatment, harvested with the right degree of physiological ripening.
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